Introduction Nasogastric tubes (NGTs) are standard practice in the management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO). Their insertion can be associated with significant patient discomfort and ...

“Well, we don’t have as much evidence as we would like on steroid use during pregnancy,” the obstetrician warned my co-author, Natalia Emanuel, as she wrote a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids ...

Background The role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial, with conflicting evidence from landmark trials. We aimed to assess the ...

Patients with breast cancer prescribed capecitabine, an oral chemotherapy with a complex, cyclical regimen, were randomly assigned to enhanced usual care (EUC) or PRO arm. Participants were asked to ...

Pegozafermin is a long-acting glycopegylated (pegylated with the use of site-specific glycosyltransferases) fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogue in development for the treatment of ...

Introduction This article outlines the research protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled study designed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of a modified olfactory training (MOT) based on ...

Objective To perform a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis on the effects of all relevant exercise training modes on resting blood pressure to establish optimal antihypertensive exercise ...

Data sources Five databases were searched from inception to March 2024. Study appraisal and synthesis Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing HIIT with MICT/CON were performed ...